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COM. v. HARRIS

479 Pa. 131 (1978)

387 A.2d 869

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Jerome HARRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, John H. Corbett, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Robert A. Zunich, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, July 6, 1975, Thurman Everson was shot to death in his home. The assailant also encountered Mr. Everson's wife and rendered her unconscious by a blow to the head. On July 13, 1975, appellant, Jerome Harris, was arrested in a one-room apartment, wherein a revolver was seized which was later determined to be the murder weapon.1 After a jury trial, Mr. Harris...

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